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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817589403321

Autore

Salgado Nirmala S

Titolo

Buddhist nuns and gendered practice : in search of the female renunciant / / Nirmala S. Salgado

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-19-998623-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 pages)

Disciplina

294.3657082

Soggetti

Buddhist nuns

Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women

Women in Buddhism

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Buddhism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Nirmala S. Salgado offers a study of the politics of representation of Buddhist nuns. Challenging assumptions about writing on gender and Buddhism, Salgado raises important theoretical questions about the applicability of liberal feminist concepts and language to the practices of Buddhist nuns.